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Joined a new channel on YouTube today: http://www.youtube.com/earflstories and here are just some of the videos that I liked.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63nZPmGMVWw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ62LTFgR-M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a1mQHotWVE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmdXznQA71E
My mturk money dropped from $145 because I bought the Sweeney Todd DVD and other stuff. But there are videojug hits again, and there are nearly 30,000 hits to choose from so I have no doubt I can get my balance up again.
It was 1991, my friend Jojo just turned 32 and discovered the internets for the first time. Specifically, Match.com We were necessarily skeptical but he met Ruud, who didn’t turn out to be a bogeyman. After a few real time dates, they ended up with two puppies and a hybrid car. Hurrah, internets.
That was in 1991. Nearly 20 years later, the internets became slightly freakier.
I can’t imagine how Jojo would even begin his search for true love today. Facebook, Multiply, blogs — everything is so out there and everyone is connected. Of course, friending someone who is a friend of a friend is infinitely safer than chatting up a total stranger, but I remember how Jojo literally found the strength to reach out because of his relative anonymity. The internets freed him from the bounds of friendship and his old self and left him able to reinvent and rediscover himself.
He had agonized over the then new issue of anonymity v. trust v. personal safety. He wanted to establish a connection with his new faceless stranger friends but he was aware that if he was being coy, then the other person could be concealing so much more. Oh, the juggling act of privacy and friending.
Fast forward to 2008 and we discover Crush or Flush. Chatting through text or YM, without the other person having to find out where you are. It’s another social networking site that lets people discover other people through their interests and social demographics. If you like someone, you Crush them. If they like you back, they Crush you and you end up with a Mutual Crush. (Awww, high school prom, anyone?)
The important difference is that Crush or Flush comes with its own “telephone operator” to block unwanted messages. If you want to drop someone, you Flush them, and they will never know that they got flushed because they don’t have your real digits. As the site promises:
If someone harasses you or causes a problem, we will block his number and that person will permanently disappear. No one every gets your e-mail address, real name, or cell phone number – they always remain private.
I guess people can always agree to be more open and truthful as the relationship develops but at least it’s a safeguard against freaky people who reveal their icky quirks too early. Me, I’m a believer in facetime and long relationships where you goad the other person into showing their worst, but yes, sometimes, even I wish for an intermediary to tell the other person, No.
It’s been at 32 degrees since Monday, and I’ve been cocooning inside the house instead of going out. At least I’m saving money by my passive attitude. My mturk money is up to $145 now, huzzah! but the gains I’ve made online has been offset by my failure to finish a real life job. Never mind. To distract me from the heat and my own inertia, I will just window shop at Homeandbeyond.com and see what new toys this site has to offer. I am overwhelmed by their kitchen and housewares selection. Lots of lovely information arranged so prettily that you forget it’s a True Value site. And nothing like their microfiber cleaning slippers to get me off my chair and have a go at the bathroom, finally. Lookit: aren’t they precious?
All this talk about the economy is stressing me out and making me think second thoughts about going to New York. This vacation is going to be a major expense and will use up all of my savings. It’s a good thing I have a job but it might be a good idea to scare up another source of income. Living in a small community doesn’t make it easy, but I’m glad the internet offers certain opportunities without having to leave the house. With a full-time job, I can’t afford to take on something that will require me to physically report to another office. I just need something that I can do during my spare time.
I toddled off to TechieCrossing today to look for part-time tech jobs. It’s easy enough to search for job opportunities by state. I bookmarked some openings using the Add to My Hotlist option onsite. I also tried looking for jobs by field using the advanced search function. I was surprised that the drop down search function offered to search for jobs for me in non-tech related fields, such as Law and Blue Collar but apparently, clicking on these options will lead me to other Crossing sites that specialize in that particular field. Very very interesting. And convenient.
I haven’t finished my search yet. The site promises 138,222 openings at the moment, with 18,014 new jobs posted in the past 7 days alone. Wish me luck.
Living in an area where the transportation system is erratic at best, I am eager to try out the NY Subway System. I have always been fascinated by trains: they seem to be the most efficient and fastest way to get from one place to the other and they do not involve any exertion on my part. No traffic, no traffic lights, controlled stops, and well-lit rooms that allow uninterrupted reading.
It’s the little touches like these that make me want to take public transportation.
It also makes me wonder if I would make an excellent transit authority. Looking at the job openings over at TransportationCrossing makes me think that it can be a very interesting job. I tried searching for available transportation jobs in New York using their easily navigable search engine and it turned up an opening for a Director of Logistics! In addition to five more pages of opportunities, all dedicated to transportation. Meanwhile, one interesting widget on the lower right hand corner of the TransportationCrossing website was the interactive US map which shows how many jobs are available when you drag your cursor over to the proper state. At least you can anticipate how far you have to move. California, Texas, Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania have the most number of job openings, no doubt because of their size, but the market is quite promising in tiny Massachusetts as well.
Fare:
- Unlimited ride cards:
- 1-Day Fun Pass: $7.50.
- 7-Day Unlimited Ride MetroCard: $25.
- 30-Day Unlimited Ride MetroCard: $81.
Willy Loman didn’t have tools like SellingCrossing in his day. If he had access to a similar online jobs database for salesmen like him, would he have felt less pressure and despair? Would he have been amazed at the wealth of opportunities open to him? After all, people will always consume, even in a recession. Businesses will always need salesmen to peddle their products. There is definitely no lack of postings for sales professionals on SellingCrossing. There are almost 2000 job openings posted for today alone, and not all of them are entry-level either. I’m sure Willy, who could sell anything, can find something in any of the 35 key industries being monitored and mined by this site.
Right now, my challenge is to see if I can use Mturk as the sole source of income for my New York trip. But sometimes Mturk hits can often lead to other money-making opportunities.
Not having a science background, it seems a pity that I can’t take advantage of the opportunities offered by Sciences Crossing. A job database specializing in science jobs, Sciences Crossing offers online profiling and job matching services to people who sign up for a small fee, although the site also offers a free trial.
Right now, the website boasts of information on openings from Kelly Scientific Resources, Manpower Professional, Genentech, Inc. and Pfizer Inc. Apparently, there have been 2,265 new jobs posted for the week, with 377 openings newly posted for the day. If only one of those openings leads to a happy worker, then good for them.
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